Can anybody comment on the status of the other X-touch models? I see them pop up on ebay, but not on Thomann.

I may swing by the store and check out the build quality on the 8 channel version but honestly the quality can't be any worse than the Faderport's buttons and pan knob. It's absolutely horrible to use anything on the faderport other than the actual fader itself.

I may swing by the store and check out the build quality on the 8 channel version but honestly the quality can't be any worse than the Faderport's buttons and pan knob. It's absolutely horrible to use anything on the faderport other than the actual fader itself.

I have old Behringer BCF2000 and it is quite solid. No touch faders though.
But really I was wondering if other products from X-touch series are in production.

My x touch one just arrived yesterday from inta audio in the UK. So far I really like it, everything is predictably very similar to the larger x touch and it's compact enough. Only negative is the MCU protocol is clearly not designed for a single fader controller as you still bank in groups of 8 channels and it's not clear in your daw which channel the fader is currently assigned to (you have to check the scribble strip).

Might be good for Studio One users because of the integration but outside of that, I would say the X-Touch One definitely has the better feature set. I mean unless Presonus is gonna sell these things for like 75 bucks I think they're out of their depth vs. the new Behringer box. Jog wheel, scribble strip, clock at the top, dedicated MSR buttons, and the programmable user buttons make it a much more attractive package.

If you go to the product page on any of the websites selling it (I think I saw it on either Sweetwater or B+H), you can zoom in on the pic of the overlays that come with it and see most of the commands for PT. Not sure if they'll be customizable but the first time I saw them I remember being pretty satisfied that they had covered all the major bases IIRC.

Something of that nature anyway. Hopefully there's a way to customize because while most of those are pretty useful, I don't really use say, Pre-Roll for example and it might be nice to have some other **** there. But definitely a very solid base of common functions.

My x touch one just arrived yesterday from inta audio in the UK. So far I really like it, everything is predictably very similar to the larger x touch and it's compact enough. Only negative is the MCU protocol is clearly not designed for a single fader controller as you still bank in groups of 8 channels and it's not clear in your daw which channel the fader is currently assigned to (you have to check the scribble strip).

So, are you saying you cant highlight the track/channel with a mouse and then start working on it with the x-touch one?

I remember from the times when I had my Faderport that I could press something like Ctrl+Alt in Pro Tools when selecting a track to let the Faderport control that track.
I can‘t remember though if I had to be in the right bank, but my guess is „no“.

Having to go on a long quest for the right track by hunting through banks and tracks on the control surface would make me just grab the mouse and skip the controller completely.

Actually, the constant going back and forth between screen, keyboard, mouse and controller made me sell the controller.

Just a single motorfader (nothing else) that simply and always followed the current track selection would help my workflow and mental health.

I was hoping to pick up an X-Touch One or the new Faderport to use with Cubase.

But...My sweetwater rep informed me that neither of these devices will automatically follow the channel that you click on with your mouse when using Mackie control in Cubase. You have to manually bank over to find the track you want to work on with the device. If this is the case that's a nonstarter for me.

Is this really accurate? Can anyone who has used these devices weigh in?